GRE Word List
SPRUCE
to make spruce
The meaning of the word spruce is to make spruce.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| fuddle | booze |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |